We know too much and feel too little.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change.

We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude.

The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.

My first novel, 'Man Walks Into a Room,' is about a man who's lost his memory and has to start a second life. On one level, it's about how we create a coherent sense of self.

The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.

Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.

Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.